Watch the amazing moment this courageous lifeguard saves a whole family from drowning…

A lifeguard put his own life at risk to save an entire family who had been caught in a rip tide off a popular Brazilian beach.

Footage on video news site Live Leak, captured thanks to the GoPro-style camera on his helmet, shows the courageous Marcelo dos Santos gather up the family members near a Praia Branca beach in Bertioga.

Having to take two trips from the shore and back on his jet ski, a calm Mr dos Santos, who works for the local fire department, saved five members of the family.

Marcelo dos Santos saved five beachgoers who were caught in a rip tide near Bertioga, Brazil (Picture: Apoio Policial/LiveLeak.com)